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Rubio denies reports he is leaving post of Secretary of State

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The Independent, citing sources, had reported that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio could resign to run in the 2028 presidential election. Rubio told The New York Times that he has always planned to serve until the end of Donald Trump's term. State Department spokesperson Dylan Johnson called the reports baseless, and the White House also denied reports that Pete Hegseth was leaving.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Infocom09:10Balanced

Pro-government 4 / 6 First: Public Radio of Armenia, 22 h 50 min later
Balanced 6 / 14 First: Infocom, 09:10
Opposition 8 / 21 First: 5th Channel, 11 h 36 min later

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Sputnik Armenia, 08:15

Timeline as a list
  1. Infocom (Balanced)
  2. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  3. 24news.am (Opposition)
  4. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  5. Iravunk (Opposition)
  6. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  7. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  8. News.am (Opposition)
  9. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  10. Tert.am (Opposition)
  11. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  12. 1in.am (Balanced)
  13. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  14. Ararat News (Balanced)
  15. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  16. Factor (Balanced)
  17. Hraparak (Opposition)
  18. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  19. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)

All sources

Labels as of 8 November 2026

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